Education trade union federations announce that they gather signatures to promote a legislative initiative through which the measures of the Austerity Law are repealed.
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“The Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education, the Federation of Education Unions” Spiru Haret “and the National Trade Union Federation” Alma Mater “, on behalf of the more than 250,000 employees whose interests have decided – during this period of daily protests before the headquarters of the Ministry of Education and the research generated by the law no. 141/2025 regarding some budgetary fiscal measures – to use the right of citizens to the legislative initiative provided by art.74 par. (1) of the Romanian Constitution, revised. In this sense, we decided to set up, from representatives of our federations, of a committee of legislative initiative to trigger the procedure for collecting 100,000 signatures from citizens with voting rights from at least one quarter of the countries of the country, to support a draft law on some measures in the field of education, through which the measures will be arranged. 141/2025 and which throws the educational system in crisis ”the trade unionists announced on Friday, writes News.
They state that, given the chronic underfinancing of education and the serious problems that Law no. 141/2025 generated the system and his employees, resort to this signature gathering approach to promote the citizens with voting rights of a draft law.
“By this draft law we propose to repeal the provisions regarding the increase of the herds of students, preschoolers and/or pre -schools, of those regarding the increase of the teaching norm, of those who regulate a tariff for the hour to a level much lower than the one who applied 28 years (from the date of entry into force of Law no. Changing the degreasing of the teaching staff of management, guidance and control. isolated”, Stations the representatives of the teachers.
After the draft law will obtain the opinion of the Legislative Council and will be published in the Official Gazette, there will be a maximum period of 6 months in which it has to collect the over 100,0000 signatures and to register at the Chamber of Deputies.
“By promoting this project of legislative initiative, FSLI, FSE” Spiru Haret “and FNS” Alma Mater “launches” a challenge “to the entire political class in Romania, which, in a demagogic way, declares that the Romanian education is a” national priority “, but, in reality, year by year, the Romanian school and the” School ” Sacrifice whenever measures have been ordered to reduce the budget deficit ”explains the trade unionists.
They express their hope that, during the parliamentary debates, politicians will prove the political will necessary for the adoption of this draft law in the proposed form.
“It is time for the entire political class to understand that European education can no longer be done with Dambovita costs and that Romania’s exit from the crisis cannot be achieved by slaughtering the education personnel and the entire educational system” “states the trade unionists.
The Federation of Free Education Unions, the Federation of Education Trade Unions “Spiru Haret” and the National Trade Union Federation “Alma Mater” are calling on the entire civil society, parents and major students, to support in collecting at least 100,000 signatures necessary for promotion in Parliament.
